Peter Gabriel: The Unsung Hero of World Music

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peter gabriel is responsible for so many trends and innovation. a force in the music industry

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Progressive rock, art pop/rock, world music, the gated reverb of the 80s, the man is a living legend. 💪

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btw this channel is gold

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Thank you 🙏

[@DerekPower]

So, I will get this out of the way: I have strong theological objections to the film and its source novel. However… I absolutely love the album. It’s one of my favourite scores and albums in general. I hear it as a soundtrack of the human spiritual struggle to commune with God. I even listen to it on Holy Friday. And yes, it absolutely is a true melding of various music traditions. To get even more personal, when I made the album City of Vices, I had Passion as a reference point as I imagined the music reflecting a particular kind of world: Blade Runner as if it were set in Constantinople. The first track, “Morning” (or Sabah), strongly reflects this idea. (Dead Can Dance was another reference point I had for similar reasons).

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Blade Runner in Constantinople, sounds awesome, I'd watch that film 😃 Love Dead Can Dance, hopefully there will be a video on them as well in the future. Thanks for the consistent support 🙌